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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 hours ago

What's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be?

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What's something that 15 years ago looked like it would be a problem in the future, but didn't turn out to be?

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 hours ago
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  • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nz
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    9 hours ago

    Y2K

    Oh shit, what year did you just say it was?

    • Chl0r0f0rm_Angel@sh.itjust.works
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      People really gloss over that there was a lot of work done to make sure y2k wouldn’t be a disaster. It wasn’t exactly a hoax, it was averted

      • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Same with almost everything in this thread.

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      My friend told me there was a shit ton of work done to find and fix every instance if the bug, and they managed to do it, which is why things kept going smoothly.

      I’ve also heard that in some places virtually nothing was done and no problems occurred anyway.

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      There was a vast amount of work that went into mitigating it so thinking it was a whole noise about nothing is disingenuous.

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